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Chris Stokel-Walker

Why did Disney and the cops shut down a fan-run 'Club Penguin' site?

Over the last five years, Club Penguin Rewritten — a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) founded and run by fans — has been a wholesome home for both children and adults to interact. At last count, it boasted more than 11 million accounts.

The original Club Penguin game — in which players portraying penguins would waddle around an ice-capped world — was launched in 2005 and purchased by Disney in 2007 for a whopping $700 million.

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